1979–80 European Cup

1979–80 UEFA European Cup
Tournament details
Dates	29/08/1979 - 28/05/1980
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Nottingham Forest (2nd title)
Runners-up	Hamburg
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Top scorer(s)	Søren Lerby (10 goals)
← 1978-79 1980–81 →

The season 1979–80 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Hamburg. The winning goal was scored by John Robertson, who drilled the ball into the corner of the Hamburg net from outside the penalty area. Forest became the only side to win the European Cup more times than their domestic top flight league.

1 Preliminary round
- 1.1 First leg
- 1.2 Second leg
2 First round
- 2.1 First leg
- 2.2 Second leg
3 Second round
- 3.1 First leg
- 3.2 Second leg
4 Quarter finals
- 4.1 First leg
- 4.2 Second leg
5 Semifinals
- 5.1 First leg
- 5.2 Second leg
6 Final
7 Top scorers
8 External links

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dundalk	3–1	Linfield	1–1	2–0

First leg

29 August 1979	Dundalk	1 – 1	Linfield
	Devine 80'	Report Gamesheet	Feeney 48'

Second leg

5 September 1979	Linfield	0 – 2	Dundalk
		Report Gamesheet	Muckian 14', 88'

Dundalk won 3-1 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	3–1	Öster	2–0	1–1
Argeş Piteşti	3–2	AEK Athens	3–0	0–2
Dynamo Berlin	4–1	Ruch Chorzów	4–1	0–0
Servette	4–2	Beveren	3–1	1–1
Újpesti Dózsa	3–4	Dukla Prague	3–2	0–2
Start	1–6	Strasbourg	1–2	0–4
HJK	2–16	Ajax	1–8	1–8
Red Boys Differdange	3–7	Omonia	2–1	1–6
Partizani Tirana	2–4	Celtic	1–0	1–4
Dundalk	2–1	Hibernians	2–0	0–1
Porto	1–0	Milan	0–0	1–0
Levski-Spartak	0–3	Real Madrid	0–1	0–2
Valur	1–5	Hamburg	0–3	1–2
Liverpool	2–4	Dinamo Tbilisi	2–1	0–3
Vejle	4–3	Austria Vienna	3–2	1–1
Hajduk Split	2–0	Trabzonspor	1–0	1–0

First leg

19 September 1979	Nottingham Forest	2 – 0	Öster
	Bowyer 63', 73'	Report Gamesheet

19 September 1979	Argeş Piteşti	3 – 0	AEK Athens
	Nicolae 49', 80' Radu 65'	Report Gamesheet

19 September 1979	Dynamo Berlin	4 – 1	Ruch Chorzów
	Netz 3' Pelka 18', 79' Riediger 27'	Report Gamesheet	Wycislik 87'

19 September 1979	Servette	3 – 1	Beveren
	Van Genechten 2' (o.g.) Coutaz 65' Hamberg 80'	Report Gamesheet	Janssens 5'

19 September 1979	Újpesti Dózsa	3 – 2	Dukla Prague
	Sarlós 42' Nagy 66' Fazekas 71' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Gajdůšek 3' Nehoda 58'

19 September 1979	Start	1 – 2	Strasbourg
	Ervik 81'	Report Gamesheet	Piasecki 44', 74'

19 September 1979	HJK	1 – 8	Ajax
	Rautiainen 50'	Report Gamesheet	Lerby 6', 33' Tahamata 20', 70' Arnesen 37', 68' Krol 53' (pen.) La Ling 63'

19 September 1979	Red Boys Differdange	2 – 1	Omonia
	Di Domenico 20' (pen.) Wagner 69'	Report Gamesheet	Patikis 35'

19 September 1979	Partiani Tirana	1 – 0	Celtic
	Murati 35'	Report Gamesheet

19 September 1979	Dundalk	2 – 0	Hibernians
	Carlyle 21' Devine 68'	Report Gamesheet

19 September 1979	Porto	0 – 0	Milan	Porto
		Report Gamesheet		Porto

19 September 1979	Levski-Spartak	0 – 1	Real Madrid
		Report Gamesheet	Martínez 26'

19 September 1979	Valur	0 – 3	Hamburg
		Report Gamesheet	Hrubesch 18', 26' Buljan 77'

19 September 1979	Liverpool	2 – 1	Dinamo Tbilisi	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 35,270
	Johnson 19' Case 44'	Report Gamesheet	Chivadze 33'	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 35,270

19 September 1979	Vejle	3 – 2	Austria Vienna
	Andersen 8' Rasmussen 10' Sørensen 40' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Baumeister 38' Schachner 40'

19 September 1979	Hajduk Split	1 – 0	Trabzonspor
	Primorac 75' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

3 October 1979	Öster	1 – 1	Nottingham Forest
	Nordgren 52'	Report Gamesheet	Woodcock 79'

Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.

3 October 1979	AEK Athens	2 – 0	Argeş Piteşti
	Ivan 12' (o.g.) Vladić 20'	Report Gamesheet

Argeş Piteşti won 3–2 on aggregate.

3 October 1979	Ruch Chorzów	0 – 0	Dynamo Berlin
		Report Gamesheet

Dynamo Berlin won 4–1 on aggregate.

3 October 1979	Beveren	1 – 1	Servette
	Albert 18' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Barberis 37'

Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.

3 October 1979	Dukla Prague	2 – 0	Újpesti Dózsa
	Vízek 24' Nehoda 88'	Report Gamesheet

Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.

3 October 1979	Strasbourg	4 – 0	Start
	Bianchi 13', 39', 69' Decastel 76'	Report Gamesheet

Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.

3 October 1979	Ajax	8 – 1	HJK
	Krol 6', 68' (pen.) Blanker 15', 53', 61', 88' Everse 20' Lerby 30'	Report Gamesheet	Toivola 85'

Ajax won 16–2 on aggregate.

3 October 1979	Omonia	6 – 1	Red Boys Differdange
	Kaiafas 7', 45' (pen.), 70' (pen.), 71' Kanaris 8' Dimitriou 40'	Report Gamesheet	Schmidt 42'

Omonia won 7–3 on aggregate.

3 October 1979	Celtic	4 – 1	Partiani Tirana
	MacDonald 20' Aitken 22', 44' Davidson 31'	Report Gamesheet	Sneddon 15' (o.g.)

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

26 September 1979	Hibernians	1 – 0	Dundalk
	Vella 67'	Report Gamesheet

Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.

3 October 1979	Milan	0 – 1	Porto	Milan
		Report Gamesheet	Duda 60'	Milan

Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.

3 October 1979	Real Madrid	2 – 0	Levski-Spartak
	del Bosque 20' Cunningham 32' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.

19 September 1979	Hamburg	2 – 1	Valur
	Hrubesch 50' Wehmeyer 74'	Report Gamesheet	Eðvaldsson 89'

Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.

3 October 1979	Dinamo Tbilisi	3 – 0	Liverpool	Dynamo Lenin Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 90,000
	Gutsaev 55' Shengelia 75' Chivadze 81' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet		Dynamo Lenin Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 90,000

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.

3 October 1979	Austria Vienna	1 – 1	Vejle
	Gasselich 51'	Report Gamesheet	Brylle Larsen 35'

Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.

3 October 1979	Trabzonspor	0 – 1	Hajduk Split
		Report Gamesheet	Đorđević 44'

Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	4-1	Argeş Piteşti	2–0	2–1
Dynamo Berlin	4–3	Servette	2–1	2–2
Dukla Prague	1–2	Strasbourg	1–0	0–2
Ajax	10–4	Omonia	10–0	0–4
Celtic	3–2	Dundalk	3–2	0–0
Porto	2–2¹	Real Madrid	2–1	0–1
Hamburg	6–3	Dinamo Tbilisi	3–1	3–2
Vejle	2–4	Hajduk Split	0–3	2–1

¹ Real Madrid progressed to the Quarter finals on away goals.

First leg

24 October 1979	Nottingham Forest	2 – 0	Argeş Piteşti
	Woodcock 12' Birtles 16'	Report Gamesheet

24 October 1979	Dynamo Berlin	2 – 1	Servette
	Pelka 8' Netz 10'	Report Gamesheet	Cucinotta 65'

24 October 1979	Dukla Prague	1 – 0	Strasbourg	Referee: Johannes-Frederik Beck Netherlands
	Vízek 10'	Report Gamesheet		Referee: Johannes-Frederik Beck Netherlands

24 October 1979	Ajax	10 – 0	Omonia
	Lerby 14', 28', 43', 72', 74' Krol 53' (pen.) Arnesen 59' Blanker 66', 81', 87'	Report Gamesheet

24 October 1979	Celtic	3 – 2	Dundalk
	MacDonald 4' McCluskey 31' Burns 33'	Report Gamesheet	Muckian 32' Lawlor 68'

24 October 1979	Porto	2 – 1	Real Madrid
	Fernando Gomes 35', 40' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Cunningham 52'

24 October 1979	Hamburg	3 – 1	Dinamo Tbilisi	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Georges Konrath France
	Kaltz 36' Keegan 53' Hartwig 74'	Report Gamesheet	Kipiani 29'

24 October 1979	Vejle	0 – 3	Hajduk Split
		Report Gamesheet	Šurjak 4' Krstičević 53' Šalov 65'

Second leg

7 November 1979	Argeş Piteşti	1 – 2	Nottingham Forest
	Bărbulescu 60' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Bowyer 5' Birtles 23'

Nottingham Forest won 4-1 on aggregate.

7 November 1979	Servette	2 – 2	Dynamo Berlin
	Hamberg 83' Barberis 90'	Report Gamesheet	Brillat 33' Terletzki 81'

Dynamo Berlin won 4-3 on aggregate.

7 November 1979	Strasbourg	2 – 0	Dukla Prague
	Piasecki 67' Decastel 116'	Report Gamesheet

Strasbourg won 2-1 on aggregate.

7 November 1979	Omonia	4 – 0	Ajax
	Tsikkos 9' Dimitriou 15' Kaiafas 39', 56'	Report Gamesheet

Ajax won 10-4 on aggregate.

7 November 1979	Dundalk	0 – 0	Celtic
		Report Gamesheet

Celtic won 3-2 on aggregate.

7 November 1979	Real Madrid	1 – 0	Porto
	Goyo Benito 71'	Report Gamesheet

Porto 2-2 Real Madrid on aggregate. Real Madrid won on away goals.

7 November 1979	Dinamo Tbilisi	2 – 3	Hamburg
	Gutsaev 5' Kipiani 45'	Report Gamesheet	Keegan 34' Hrubesch 41' Buljan 56'

Hamburg won 6-3 on aggregate.

7 November 1979	Hajduk Split	1 – 2	Vejle
	Zl. Vujović 63'	Report Gamesheet	Brylle Larsen 21' Østergaard 70'

Hajduk Split won 4-2 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	3–2	Dynamo Berlin	0–1	3–1
Strasbourg	0–4	Ajax	0–0	0–4
Celtic	2–3	Real Madrid	2–0	0–3
Hamburg	3–3¹	Hajduk Split	1–0	2–3

¹ Hamburg progressed to the Semifinals on away goals.

First leg

5 March 1980	Nottingham Forest	0 – 1	Dynamo Berlin
		Report Gamesheet	Riediger 63'

5 March 1980	Strasbourg	0 – 0	Ajax
		Report Gamesheet

5 March 1980	Celtic	2 – 0	Real Madrid
	McCluskey 52' Doyle 75'	Report Gamesheet

5 March 1980	Hamburg	1 – 0	Hajduk Split
	Reimann 45'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

19 March 1980	Dynamo Berlin	1 – 3	Nottingham Forest
	Terletzki 49' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Francis 15', 35' Robertson 39' (pen.)

Nottingham Forest won 3-2 on aggregate.

5 March 1980	Ajax	4 – 0	Strasbourg
	Schoenaker 35' Arnesen 38' Lerby 55' La Ling 90'	Report Gamesheet

Ajax won 4-0 on aggregate.

19 March 1980	Real Madrid	3 – 0	Celtic
	Santillana 45' Stielike 56' Juanito 86'	Report Gamesheet

Real Madrid won 3-2 on aggregate.

19 March 1980	Hajduk Split	3 – 2	Hamburg	Gradski stadion u Poljudu, Split Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Derflinger Sweden
	Zl. Vujović 21' Đorđević 50' Primorac 86'	Report Gamesheet	Hrubesch 2' Hieronymus 23'

Hamburg 3-3 Hajduk Split on aggregate. Hamburg won on away goals.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	2–1	Ajax	2–0	0–1
Real Madrid	3–5	Hamburg	2–0	1–5

First leg

9 April 1980	Nottingham Forest	2 – 0	Ajax
	Francis 33' Robertson 61' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

9 April 1980	Real Madrid	2 – 0	Hamburg
	Santillana 67', 80'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

23 April 1980	Ajax	1 – 0	Nottingham Forest
	Lerby 65'	Report Gamesheet

Nottingham Forest won 2-1 on aggregate.

23 April 1980	Hamburg	5 – 1	Real Madrid
	Kaltz 10' (pen.), 40' Hrubesch 17', 45' Memering 90'	Report Gamesheet	Cunningham 31'

Hamburg won 5-3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1980 European Cup Final

28 May 1980	Nottingham Forest	1 – 0	Hamburg	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Antonio Garrido (Portugal)
	Robertson 21'	Report Gamesheet

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1979–80 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Søren Lerby	Ajax	10
2	Ton Blanker	Ajax	7
2	Horst Hrubesch	Hamburg	7
4	Sotiris Kaiafas	Omonia	6
5	Frank Arnesen	Ajax	4
5	Ruud Krol	Ajax	4
7	Carlos Bianchi	Strasbourg	4
	Ian Bowyer	Nottingham Forest	3
	Laurie Cunningham	Real Madrid	3
	Manfred Kaltz	Hamburg	3
	Hartmut Pelka	Dynamo Berlin	4
	Francis Piasecki	Strasbourg	3
	John Robertson	Nottingham Forest	3
	Santillana	Real Madrid	3

External links

1979–80 All matches - season at UEFA website
European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
All scorers 1979-80 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA

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1979–80 European Cup

Contents

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter finals

First leg

Second leg

Semifinals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

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